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   State Courts - Illinois - May 11 - May 16, 2007

  
People v. Dorothy J.N. (In re Dorothy J.N.), NO. 4-06-0780, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FOURTH DISTRICT, May 11, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Order allowing the involuntary administration of psychotropic medications was reversed because respondent had not been provided with written notification of the side effects, risks, and benefits of the treatment as required by 405 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/2-102; due process required strict compliance with the written notice mandate.

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Nye v. Leavell, NO. 5-06-0321, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIFTH DISTRICT, May 14, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Grant of summary judgment in favor of lessor in action to cancel oil and gas lease was reversed; material fact questions existed as to whether defendants could have continued to operate wells after State of Illinois enjoined production from them and as to the appropriate standard for judging defendants' actions in light of the State's prohibition.

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Pascente v. County Officers Electoral Bd., No. 1-07-0851, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIRST DISTRICT, FIRST DIVISION, May 14, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Candidate's name was properly placed on the ballot for April 2007 general election; while candidate used the wrong designation for the township school trustee office he sought, the public could not have been confused because there were only two possible school trustee offices, and one was abolished in 1992 by 105 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/6-2.

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People v. Bell, No. 1-05-2493, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIRST DISTRICT, FIRST DIVISION, May 14, 2007, Filed
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Overview: tThe trial court did not violate the Fourth Amendment by limiting the cross-examination of an officer by allowing the State to invoke the surveillance location privilege, because the public interest in preserving the secrecy of a surveillance location used to monitor drug activity outweighed defendant's interest in disclosure to prepare a defense.

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Carisa E. v. Jacob V.D. (In re Joseph V.D.), No. 2-06-0988, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, SECOND DISTRICT, May 16, 2007, Filed
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Overview: A trial court's entry of orders dealing with child custody and child support payments were vacated, and the case was remanded since the trial court committed reversible error pursuant to the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, 750 Ill. Comp. Stat. 36/101 et seq. (2004).

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Hiland v. Trent, No. 3-06-0500, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, THIRD DISTRICT, May 16, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Trial court did not err in reversing state police director's denial of the applicant's request for a Firearm Owners Identification card, as the state police director did not exercise the discretion granted to him in 430 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 65/10(c) and, thus, ignored overwhelming evidence in the record that supported the granting of the request.

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In re Marriage of Singel, No. 2-06-0897, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, SECOND DISTRICT, May 16, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Husband's appeal of an order, which denied his motion for additional time to file a postjudgment motion under 735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/2-1203(a), was dismissed as untimely because it was filed more than 30 days after the entry of the judgment dissolving his marriage to his wife and he filed no timely postjudgment motion extending the time to appeal.

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People v. Eugene W. (In re A.W.), No. 3-06-0370, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, THIRD DISTRICT, May 16, 2007, Filed
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Overview: While the trial court properly determined that a father had neglected his child, the father's Fifth Amendment rights were violated in the neglect adjudication when a therapist refused to allow the father to complete required sex offender therapy when the father refused to admit that he committed any offenses.

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